Editing Death Note (section)

===Bans and attempted bans===
Early in 2005, school officials in [[Shenyang]], the capital of [[Liaoning]] (People's Republic of China), banned ''Death Note''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2005-01/11/content_2446984.htm|title=Chinese city bans Death Note|date=January 11, 2005|publisher=Xihuanet|access-date=September 4, 2008|language=zh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225062441/http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2005-01/11/content_2446984.htm|archive-date=December 25, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The immediate cause was that students had been altering notebooks to resemble Death Notes and then writing the names of acquaintances, enemies, and teachers in the books.<ref>{{cite news|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-02-06/death-note-stirs-controversy-in-china|title=Death Note Stirs Controversy in China|date=February 6, 2005|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915215555/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-02-06/death-note-stirs-controversy-in-china|archive-date=September 15, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://comipress.com/article/2007/03/26/1711|title=Death Note in China – Success or Disaster?|date=March 26, 2007|publisher=ComiPress|access-date=August 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121073011/http://comipress.com/article/2007/03/26/1711|archive-date=November 21, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The ban was designed to protect the "physical and mental health"<ref name="BeijingBan1">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSPEK30969020070515|title=Beijing bans scary stories to protect young|date=May 15, 2007|work=Reuters|access-date=May 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517044716/http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSPEK30969020070515|archive-date=May 17, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> of students from horror material that "misleads innocent children and distorts their mind and spirit".<ref name="China Daily">{{cite news|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/26/content_880773.htm|title='Death Note' days numbered|last=Weifeng|first=Liu|date=May 26, 2007|newspaper=[[China Daily]]|access-date=May 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528072653/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/26/content_880773.htm|archive-date=May 28, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jonathan Clements]] has suggested that the Chinese authorities acted partly against "superstition", but also against illegal, pirate publishers of ''Death Note''.<ref name="ClementsNeo">{{cite magazine|last=Clements|first=Jonathan|date=August 2007|title=Manga Pulse|magazine=[[Neo (magazine)|NEO Magazine]]|issue=35|page=19}}</ref> The ban has been extended to other Chinese cities including Beijing,<ref name="BeijingBan2">{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/15/content_6103672.htm|title=Beijing publisher to ignore Beijing's ban of its horror story|last=Jie|first=Xiao|date=May 15, 2007|publisher=Xinhuanet|access-date=August 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080707025308/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/15/content_6103672.htm|archive-date=July 7, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="MacDonald">{{cite magazine|url=http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/15/death-note-banned-in-beijing-2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617125537/http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/15/death-note-banned-in-beijing-2/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 17, 2007|title=Death Note banned in Beijing|last=MacDonald|first=Heidi|date=May 15, 2007|magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]]|access-date=August 28, 2008}}</ref> Shanghai and [[Lanzhou]] in [[Gansu]] Province.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comipress.com/news/2007/06/05/2067|title=Chinese Students Fight Back at Death Note Ban|date=June 5, 2007|publisher=ComiPress|access-date=June 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214171837/http://comipress.com/news/2007/06/05/2067|archive-date=December 14, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Legally published Chinese-language versions of ''Death Note'' are published in Hong Kong.<ref name="ClementsNeo"/> On June 12, 2015, the [[Chinese Ministry of Culture]] listed ''Death Note'' among 38 anime and manga titles banned in China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2015/06/12/china-bans-38-japanese-anime-manga-titles-including-attack-titan|title=China bans 38 anime & manga titles including ''Attack on Titan''|publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service]]|date=June 12, 2015|access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174910/https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2015/06/12/china-bans-38-japanese-anime-manga-titles-including-attack-titan|archive-date=August 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, the education bureau in [[Pingtung County]], Taiwan asked teachers to pay attention to any negative influence on elementary school students reading the manga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/10/12/2003382758|title=Officials ask teachers to monitor 'Death Note' fans|website=Taipei Times|date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029030829/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/10/12/2003382758|archive-date=October 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2010, the [[Albuquerque Public Schools]] in [[New Mexico]] held a hearing to ban the ''Death Note'' manga from their district's schools; it was unanimously voted down.<ref name="New Mexico">{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-10/death-note-ban-in-albuquerque-high-schools-fails-vote|title=Death Note Ban in Albuquerque High Schools Fails Vote|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 10, 2010|access-date=August 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060354/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-10/death-note-ban-in-albuquerque-high-schools-fails-vote|archive-date=August 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> After volumes of ''Death Note'' were found at the February 2013 suicide of a 15-year-old girl in [[Yekaterinburg]], Russia, a local parents' group began campaigning to regulate all media based on the series, saying that it had an adverse effect on the minds of children.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/parents-in-russia-request-ban-on-death-note|title=Parents in Russia request ban on 'Death Note'|newspaper=[[Japan Today]]|date=April 29, 2013|access-date=August 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810043323/http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/parents-in-russia-request-ban-on-death-note|archive-date=August 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2014, investigators concluded that the manga did not cause the girl to commit suicide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ural.kp.ru/daily/26202.2/3088389/|title=Следователи решили, что "Тетради смерти" не доводили уральскую школьницу до самоубийства|last=ГОРБУНОВ|first=Андрей|date=March 3, 2014|newspaper=Ural.kp.ru -|access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918064834/http://www.ural.kp.ru/daily/26202.2/3088389|archive-date=September 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>